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Masking in color changes

- [Voiceover] In this movie we'll take a look…at how we can expand our tool kit for changing color,…and here we'll explore how we can use hue saturation…and curves in combination with a tool…which is called color range in order…to modify specific colors in a photograph.…We'll be working with this photo here…which I captured in a local coffee shop a couple days ago,…and on these vintage flags are names of some…of the best surf breaks in the town where I live.…What I want to do is change the color…of a couple of the flags.…Let's start off with this front one right here.…

To do that we'll reach for hue saturation,…and we're gonna use the targeted adjustment tool.…As we know, we can click on the color or tone that we want…to adjust, in this case the tone of the flag here.…I'll drag my hue slider to the left…'cause I want this one to go red,…and I'll increase the color saturation a little bit as well.…Now as I make these adjustments, I need to double check…that I'm not affecting any other part of the image.…As I turn on the icon or click on that,…

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7/22/2016

Working with color can be an amazing journey, and Photoshop is a great vehicle for taking the trip. In this course, photographer and educator Chris Orwig teaches a variety of ways to create captivating color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can profoundly affect a photograph's impact. He demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid, changing clothing and background colors with Photoshop and Camera Raw, working with color saturation, cross-processing, removing color, and more. The course includes real-world challenges that showcase the techniques Chris has shown for creating intriguing and beautiful color photographs.